Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ecd721e5b671ccfb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-10 08:17:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 015c49f7eb3ddb50ec06e04b2b5869b0 SHA-1: d2f89398056bdf29250bc8ebb7692733a1cee4a3 SHA-256: ecd721e5b671ccfbb79e5626722c2f0950f0ff23f901f270397a98290418c833
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=does+shareit+work+on+iphone+to+android PDF link annotation
    • http://jingyilin.org/uploads/file/54225418999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://renebeumer.nl/userfiles/file/66237123174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://directopinion.biz/uploads/FCK_files/file/fuvubatadejabedux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niceresidence.net/image/upload/File/zikuruzevijabowuladita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mastirz.com/userfiles/files/71423170202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipoz.pl/userfiles/file/41927524342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132827064537---28389517942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gipadoxubabidaraleka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.koeru.eu/failid/file/begonixixibej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82448942801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/core/connector/upload/files/zudezumuzivabujaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/xodaboposotimafanokukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinajessie.com/seadata/data/uploads/img/file/163111411166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52127971022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vers-ma.de/userfiles/file/71143352839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activsport.ro/userfiles/file/liweneni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.newhorizonscrisiscenter.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55895794526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alocainghien.com/uploads/userfiles/file/liwedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.benkorner.nl/admin/library/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rijixajeduxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/73281976205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lejonhund.com/upload/69584886200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangnamjsc.com/upload/files/30553797898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/sanumusofakowaguxuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613142ed11de2---bofazaxuvabenuxulodiweju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwm-quanta.com/upload/files/67812661476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.it/uploads/file/27057473394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130990fc8839---rajinemexawakomireberal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ecc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECC6 18944 bytes
SHA-256: 29f04df2f07cc1685b39ce399dd56280d3bd4d39b60d3876e23acb1207149d4a
font_01_sfnt_off00011d17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D17 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001352e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1352E 10624 bytes
SHA-256: 1b32114faf40a2fd5d55bb37415e7181119e395444bf2cd34f470f78b2ea174d